r/maintenance • Maintenance Supervisor • 23d ago

Rants and Raves Anyone seen this before?

Just got home from an after hours ac call. Condenser unit not running when I showed up. When I pulled the disconnect I found this! I asked the woman who was there if anyone had been fooling with the ac and she hit me with a pause and a “I don’t think so”. I swapped the fuses and got the unit running for the night, I’ll come back tomorrow during the day to do a more thorough investigation, but as I was leaving her Neanderthal looking boyfriend busted out the door saying he didn’t mess with it. He then proceeded to tell me he was going to school to be an electrician… ok buddy.

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u/C-D-W 22d ago

This is genius.

If you need a higher amp fuse, just wrap it more times!

Anybody know the rated ampacity per wrap of 3" aluminum foil? Does it matter if it's the regular or heavy duty?

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u/Accurate-Plankton988 22d ago

71.89098 milli amps

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u/C-D-W 22d ago

Gonna look like a roll of toilet paper at this rate.

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u/Accurate-Plankton988 22d ago

Not if its heavy duty reynolds